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collection, which are distinct from those of the herbarium. The 

 first, the fruit of Ipomoea prismatosiphon Welw., hitherto unknown, 

 may be described as follows :— Capsula pollicaris ovali-oblonga 

 glabra fulyo-brunnea, bilocularis, valvis 4 regulariter dehiscens. 



pifiT longis 11 sTr^eT^tent^ induta. Pungo 



Andongo; "161 et 777, in dumetis pr. Luxillo, June 7, 1857"; 

 786, October, 1857 ; 787 (without date). The light brown capsules 

 are 1 in. long by 4-5 lines in thickness ; on dehiscence the seeds 

 emerge in a mass of pale yellow silk, which is found to be made 

 up of four parts, each completely enclosing a large (4£ lines long) 

 reddish seed ; the smooth, thin, silky hairs reach a length of 9-10 

 hues. The second belongs to Ip>u>»ea rvrha^ni.lea, and is also now 

 described for the first time, in part from a fnutu - specimen m 

 Welwitsch's herbarium (No. 6115), and in part from the detached 

 seeds :— Capsula subrotunda, glabra, brunnea, bilocularis, valvis 

 4 regulariter dehiscens. Semina brunnea, late-ovalia, lanugine 

 fulva tomontosa dense induta. Welw. Herb. 6115, "In fruticetis 

 inter Mumpulla et Nene. Octob. 1859." Welw. Coll. Carp. 778, 

 " In sylvis inter Mumpulla et S. de Xella. Jun. 1860." The cap- 

 sule is | in. long. The light brown seeds (3£ lines long) are 

 enclosed in a thick, matted, tawny covering, resembling balls of 

 wool. — A. B. Eendle. 



Sobi on bakren Fbond or Boteychium. — In May, 1893, a member 

 of the Caradoc Field Club sent me some fine specimens of Botrychium 

 Lunaria, gathered in a valley on the east side of the Stiperstons 

 Mountain, Shropshire, one of which had been taken up from its 

 position with so much earth around its base that I was tempted to 

 place it in my garden, in the vain hope that it might become 

 naturalised there. It appeared for a month or more to show no 

 signs of drooping ; but to my great surprise, after about a fortnight 

 had elapsed, I observed what appeared at first sight a large Puceuua 

 on the extreme margin of the barren frond, the receptacles arranged 

 in linear groups, and also isolated. On examining the frond more 

 attentively, I saw that the bodies were globose capsules, some of 

 which were split transversely, exhibiting abundant spores— in tact, 

 true sori I am not aware whether this has been previously 

 observed. — William Phillips. 



.--.-^ perforata in Shbopshibe.— MissKilvent, of Grinshill, 

 'sbury, who has paid much attention to the botany of her 



buuxj-, r » av f n ]h,t„ found 



before, and nothing is 

 known ~of its mode of introduction. My friend the late W E 

 Beckwith recorded a similar naturalisation of this plant at Eyton 

 near Shifnal (Journ. Hot. 1881, p. 50).— William Phillips. 



New Variety of Hieeacium _ Dovbense Fries. -In ^,^1892, 

 when botanizing near 1 



pretty plentifully at about 1250 ft., as a rule in shade. It also 

 occurred sparingly beside the river, about a mile and a half below 



